mumax+: extensible GPU-accelerated micromagnetics and beyond

TL;DR

mumax+ is a GPU-accelerated, extensible micromagnetic simulation tool with a Python interface, capable of modeling complex magnetic systems including antiferromagnets and magnetoelastic effects, advancing research in magnetic phenomena.

Contribution

It introduces mumax+, a novel, extensible GPU-based micromagnetic simulator with unique features like antiferromagnet modeling and a Python interface, expanding capabilities beyond previous versions.

Findings

Simulated current-induced domain wall motion in antiferromagnets

Modeled strain-driven antiferromagnetic racetrack memory

Reproduced experimental domain structures in non-collinear antiferromagnets

Abstract

We present mumax+, an extensible GPU-accelerated micromagnetic simulator with a Python user interface, to address the challenges posed by current magnetism research into systems with complex magnetic ordering and interfaces. It is a general solver for the space- and time-dependent evolution of the magnetization and related vector quantities, using finite difference discretization. Here, we present its application and design and discuss features not available in \mumaxthree{}, such as the modeling of antiferromagnets with magnetoelastic coupling. As an illustration of its capabilities, we use \mumaxp{} to simulate state of the art magnetic systems. Specifically, we demonstrate the current induced domain wall motion in a polycrystalline antiferromagnet, we simulate the working principle of a strain-driven antiferromagnetic racetrack memory and we reproduce experimentally observed domain structures in a non-collinear antiferromagnet.